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GDAI PhD Scholarship for African Students at SOAS in UK

Othuke Andrew Akpeli9 years ago6 years ago03 mins

Centre
of African Studies

GDAI
– PhD scholarships

The Centre of
African Studies offers 1 PhD scholarship to African nationals as part
of the Governance for Development in Africa Initiative funded by the Mo Ibrahim
Foundation.

In order to be
considered for funding, applicants must first secure an UNCONDITIONAL OFFER for the PhD
by applying directly to the SOASDoctoral School.

The
eligible PhD are only those within the following departments:

Once the place is
secured, the applicants can apply for the scholarship. Candidates will be
assessed on academic merit by a panel consisting of SOAS academic members. The
assessment of your application will be based on the information in your
scholarship application. Please provide the following documents by email
to ab17@soas.ac.uk:

complete
application form (see pdf attached on the right side of this page)
a copy of
the unconditional offer received from SOAS admissions office
CV
(please include your email address)
2 pages
max statement outlining knowledge and interest in governance-related
issues
Your
research proposal (as sent to the SOAS Admissions Office)

Please note that CAS
reserves the right not to award scholarships and will only award them where
there are applicants judged to meet sufficiently high academic standards and
with demonstrable interests in fields relevant to the objectives of the GDAI.

Deadline to
apply: 30 April 2017